BULLETS - HEADS = THE DIFFERENCE

[kennyc]

if you wish to be pedantic about it then be my guest, the terms are in general use and they do not cause confusion as much as cause annoyance to you.

Unfortunately your reading and interpretation skills appear to be as sloppy as your use of terminology.

I am not annoyed by it and never inferred as much, that is you putting your spin on my words. I am saddened and disappointed by it though and feel sorry for people with such attitudes but as they are of no importance to me then I am certainly not going to be able to work up sufficient emotion to be annoyed. Life is too short to waste it getting agitated about the ignorance of the masses.

you may well be right about my reading and interpretation skills, however it wasn't me that said
"We've had this discussion a few times here but to no avail, personally I will not shoot beside anyone that calls bullets heads as I think such poor knowledge of the subject makes them dangerous." so I think its not so much me putting spin on your words as you forgetting just how easily words can be misinterpreted once written. for the record I don't think I misinterpreted your meaning.

[dromia]

I stand by what I wrote, no reference, inference or use of emoticons to convey annoyance, just a statement of what I think and do about the subject, it is your choice to misinterpret my words for the convenience of your position.

Consequently I see no future in bandying about anymore futile froth with you on this.

[tackb]

load of nosense , find something important to worry about? (puts helmet on and braces oneself)

[Dr. Strangelove]

Hmm, I wonder where I put that clip for my rifle...


*Awaits incoming*

[DL.]

When I was attending an air rifle club as a teenager. Some of the other youngsters differentiated between .177 & .22 by calling them "wee yins" and "big yins".

Needless to say, I was a bit more specific than that when I referred to things.

[Blu]

During one reloading session I once asked my wife to pass me another "head", I have to say it was indeed a most pleasurable 15 minutes. tongueout C'mon guys lighten up FFS.

Blu

[Blu]

Dr Strangelove: My wife calls them clips I call the magazines. Like most Americans she speaks and spells in Microsoft English.

Blu

[nicklm]

Ah well that 3 mins of my life waitsed !!

Reading a complete load of nonsense (thought that had been left alone on a previouse site)

! Find something more in important to worry about !

[Cruinneas]

................. this thread was started I believe because some one wanted help with a re loadng related problem. The guy wants to learn he got the terminology wrong so what. ...........

That's my cue to introduce myself as i believe i am the cause of all this "discussion".

I was given a link to this site as a place to learn, ask questions, and on occasion maybe give some advice or hints. So far i have been reprimanded for wrong terminology, been questioned/challenged because someone inferred something from a post that was not intended or implied (loss of context in the written word), and going by the names used thus far on this thread called an ignorant, and dangerous person.

I always assumed there was a certain amount of leeway for new members. I use the term member because i dislike the idea that a person on an internet forum is immediately classed as a novice shooter because s/he has a couple of posts. I have over 25 years of safe shooting under my belt with not such much as a hint of a problem. I think it a little presumptuous to say that due to a simple misuse of a word that i am somehow unsafe or dangerous.

Due to my location i must look to other fora for answers to questions on certain subjects from people that i believe have a greater knowledge than me. So i don't, and will not always get the wording right, but i fail to see how this warrants a thread dedicated to name calling, and abuse, not least of which is compounded by a member/moderator/admin that on any other site would step in and control such "carry on", but in this instance they join in, and as such sanction it.

In my thread i found the answers i was looking for from people even through my misuse of certain terminology, and in the process they clarified the matter for me. However there were others that were not content with this, and felt the matter warranted further ridicule. Again i've no problem if someone wants to spend their time doing this. That is their business.

At the risk of sounding as though i am "falling on my sword" if my presence, and contribution/participation of this site/forum is of such consternation to some then by all means feel free to close my account or ban me. Which ever you feel appropriate. If such action is not deemed necessary then may i suggest a slightly more forgiving attitude towards those that may not have the years of experience in certain or all aspects of sporting firearms, and to those that through areas/counties/countries they are from may have different terminology. This behaviour serves only to discourage others from either joining a forum or asking questions out of fear of such reprisals.

While this post may serve to alienate me from others members i hope that those reading understand that i am making observations, however unpopular or accurate/inaccurate, and the majority of members here so far have been welcoming and helpful in the few threads i have taken part in not to mention the numerous threads i have read. So my comments are not a "sweeping" condemnation of all participants of the site.

I await, and look forward to all comments, and/or rebuttals. sign92

[Blu]

Cruinneas: Dude what the hell, life's too short. Way I see it mate, as long as you shoot safe and your loads are safe I'll shoot along side you anytime. As for the heads/bullets thing, If memory serves me correctly (which doesn't happen often these days zzzzom ) I am the one who called them heads either here or on GT (can't remember which ) and I think I may have started the whole thing.

I know that when I shoot, I try to be as safe and considerate as humanly possible. If folks don't want to shoot along side me because I called a bullet a head so be it, their loss. These days I call bullets/heads, the pointy dangerous thing that sits on top of the case. :55:

Welcome to the forum Cruinneas, I hope you'll stick around friend.

Blu